#vsam — Public Fediverse posts
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Database layout had been something in the realm of witchery and nightmares.
"VSAM Performance Considerations, William F. Manry, November 1, 1981"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGCESAvdvuc
#retrocoomputing #vsam #ibm #mainframe -
A while back I tackled the idea of converting my #budget #spreadsheet to a normal Program.. With reports, transaction processing, and lots of traditional #Banking features I decided to use #RetroComputing #Mainframe tools and languages like #REXX, #VSAM, #IBM S370 a la MVS Tk5, and now #COBOL has joined the project to replace some #x86 (or Z) #Golang preprocessing. Not just any COBOL, #MVT COBOL'68 which lacks MANY modern/OOP/String functionality as they're commonly known.. Hello PIC X OCCURS!